Valve.



W. STEEG.

VALVE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. u. 1914.

11..,1 96,495.. Pammdimg. 29,1916.

(J1/wan to@ WILLIAM s'rEEG, 0E ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

VALVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented -Aug. 29, 191.6.

Application filed Novemloei` 17, 1914. Serial No. 872,645.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S'IEEG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Valves, of whichthe following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in valves and moreparticularly to valves for use in drains for cellars and the like.

.in object of the invention is the provision of a valve for the purposespecified, which will prevent water or the like from Howing backwardinto the said cellar after once passing through the same.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device such asdescribed, including a valve and valve casing designed to deflect thewater or the like, passing therethrough toward one side thereof, therebypreventing the same from moistening the operating parts thereof, andpreventing rusting.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a valve such asdescribed, including a casing having a removable mouthpiece, whichsupports a valve which is weighted in such manner that the valve will benormally retained in closed position.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a devicesuch as described, which will be comparatively simple and inexpensive tomanufacture, reliable and eilicient'in use, and readily operated.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention residesin the novel features of construction, formations, combinations andarrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimedand illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which the ligure is avertical sec tional view of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, by suitable characters ofreference, to indicate the various parts, the numeral 1 denotes a casingwhich is of substantially cylindrical formation, having the oppositeends thereof reinforced as shown at 3 and 4. The upper end of the casingis provided with threaded sockets 5, for the reception of the fasteningelements 6, which retain the cap 7 in position upon the upper end of thecasing 2. This cap or plate 7 has suitable openings 8 formed therein sothat water 01 the like can pass into the casing 2, which is preferablyembedded in the floor of a cellar or the like for draining purposes.

A. mouth piece is shown at 9, and is of a substantially conicalformation, having one side thereof 9"L disposed at a slightly lessincline than the opposite side thereof 9b. The mouth piece 9 has aflange 10 formed at the major end thereof which is clamped between theupper end of the casing 2 and the cap or plate 7 being held in suchposition by the fastenings 6.

A projection 11 is formed upon the eX- terior of the side 9b, and haspivoted thereto as at 12, a lever 13, the lower end of which ispivotally secured as at 14, to a disk valve 15. The opposite end of thelever is enlarged as at 16, providing a weight whereby the valve will benormally forced against the lower open end of the mouth piece for thepurpose of closing the same and prevent water or the like from backinginto the mouth piece and flowing out through the openings 8. The weightof the water will however, cause the depression of the valve and permitany water collecting in the mouth piece to iow from the same and outthrough the drain pipe (not shown) in the drawing.

From the foregoing it will be manifest that a valve for the purposesspecified is provided, which will fulfil all the necessary requirementsof such a device, it being understood in this connection, that variousminor changes in the specic details of construction ean be resorted towithin the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spiritor sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

IIaving thus fully described this invention, what I claim as new anddesire to protect by Letters Patent is:

In a 4valve such as described, a substantially cylindrical casing, afunnel shaped member disposed within the Casing and having its axisslanting toward one side of said easing, a pivoted valve normallyclosing the lower end of the funnel shaped member, the pivot point ofsaid valve being disposed between the casing and the side of the funnelshaped member opposite to that direction to which the said funnel shapedmember points, and Out of the path of water flowing out through saidfunnel shaped member, and In testimony whereof I aiiix my sign atui'esaid .Valve adapted to form a continuation in presence of tWo Witnesses.of said side of the funnel shaped member to which the same is pivoted,when the Valve WILLIAM STLEG' is opened, to direct Water flowing fromsaid Witnesses:

funnel shaped member away from the piv- W. A. BOURBON,

otal point of the valve. S. T. MoRRoW.

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' v Washington, D. C.

